United States v. Ridner

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a justification defense is proper only if “a reasonable jury could conclude by a preponderance of the evidence that each of the” factors is met (emphasis added).
• \emphasiz[ing] that the keystone of the analysis is that the defendant must have no alternative-either before or during the event-to avoid violating the law\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• discussing the different questions asked at different stages of the litigation
• one supporting element of the necessity defense is whether sufficient evidence was presented showing that the defendant did not place himself in a situation requiring him to choose to commit a criminal act

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Sixth Circuit· 2019-07-26· cited 32×
• United States v. Kemp
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-11-14· cited 20×
• Hoagland v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2010-10-07· cited 20×
• United States v. Derek Capozzi
  Sixth Circuit· 2013-07-26· cited 14×
• United States v. Jafari Moore
  Sixth Circuit· 2013-10-23· cited 6×
• United States v. Michael Mills
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-01-16· cited 4×
• State of Tennessee v. Lafaris Brown
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2021-04-27

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Bailey
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 1,333×
• United States v. Harold M. Newcomb
  Sixth Circuit· 1993-10-07· cited 127×
• United States v. Leonard D. Singleton
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-05-03· cited 115×
• United States v. Anthony J. Paolello Anthony J. Paolello
  Third Circuit· 1991-12-04· cited 96×
• United States v. Wesley Hargrove
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-07-19· cited 89×
• United States v. Marcos Perez
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-06-20· cited 71×
• United States v. Maxwell-Anthony
  First Circuit· 2001-06-29· cited 60×
• United States v. Leonard P. Riffe
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-07-06· cited 56×
• United States v. Terance Johnson
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-08-05· cited 42×

Other cases named United States v. Ridner

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• United States v. Ridner
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-01-17